No. 22-107

Marianne E. Burke v. Criterion General, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Alaska
Docketed: 2022-08-03
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: constitutional-rights due-process funeral-expenses gross-negligence legal-representation schiel wedmore white workers-compensation workplace-negligence workplace-safety
Latest Conference: 2023-01-06 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Was Workers ' Compensation law and the cases of
Schiel Wedmore, and White involving mostly
injury, misapplied to this case; a case that is about
gross, even criminally negligent death in the
workplace, where funeral expenses paid for the
victim were labeled as a "significant benefit " by
the Alaska Supreme Court?

2. Are the US and Alaska Constitutional Rights of
average working Americans being denied in the
workplace, like access to the Courts —as if the Bill
of Rights says "you have all these rights to life,
liberty and property, except in the workplace "? (Of
course, it doesn 't say that.)

3. Why is all of the burden of a workplace death
being put upon the victim 's family, where legal
representation is almost obsolete, where "no
consequence " laws in the workplace cause more
accidents ", and where all of the cost, time, and
energy spent in seeking justice is carried by the
victim 's family?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was Workers' Compensation law and the cases of Schiel, Wedmore, and White involving mostly injury, misapplied to this case; a case that is about gross, even criminally negligent death in the workplace, where funeral expenses paid for the victim were labeled as a 'significant benefit' by the Alaska Supreme Court?

Docket Entries

2023-01-09
Rehearing DENIED.
2022-11-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
2022-10-28
2022-10-03
Petition DENIED.
2022-09-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-08-30
Waiver of right of respondent Criterion General, Inc. to respond filed.
2022-08-17
Waiver of right of respondent State of Alaska to respond filed.
2022-05-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 2, 2022)
2022-04-15
Application (21A508) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 19, 2022.
2022-04-09
Application (21A508) to extend further the time from April 19, 2022 to May 19, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2022-03-16
Application (21A508) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until April 19, 2022.
2022-03-09
Application (21A508) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 20, 2022 to April 19, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Criterion General, Inc.
Kristen J. ThorrsnessClapp, Peterson, Tiemessen, Thorsness, LLC, Respondent
Marianne E. Burke
Marianne E. Burke — Petitioner
State of Alaska
Laura Emily WolffThe State of Alaska, Respondent